Straw-spreader.



L. D. RICE.

S'lIiAW SPREADER.

APPLIOATION FILED DEC. 24, 1912.

1,082,820. Patented Dec. 30, 1913.

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L.'D. RICE.

STRAW SPREADER.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 24, 1912.

1,082,820, Patented Dec. 30, 1913.

w a] j 1 projecting beyond the upper strand of the the wagon below the elevator.

fork-carrying arms 9, and' connecting said straw that is discharged by the elevator, shafts is an endless apron or elevator 22 and the plate 34 serves to retain'any straw equipped at suitable intervals with toothec which may miss the lower arms until reslats -'23. 24 are side bars fitting loosely moved by the latter on the next revolution, on the shafts and between the marginal porso that no straw can drop down between the tions of the upper and lower strands of the front cross bar 2 and shaft 13. The plate 34 apron for the purpose of preventing straw also tends to guard against the teeth of the from getting between said strands. 25 is a slats carrying the straw around shaft 21 pair of guard strips secured on bars 24 and and dropping it down upon the bottom of apron as a guard against lateral creeping From the above description it will be apthereof, thefront ends of said bars being parent that I have. produced a straw bent outwardly at 26 to provide a flaring spreader embodying the features of advanmouth and thusavoid any chance of any of tage enumerated as desirable, and I wish it 15 the toothed slats 25, through a slight lateral to be understood that I reserve the right to so creeping of the apron, striking against the make allchanges falling within the spirit front ends of the guard strips and resulting and scope of the invention as defined in the in injury to the belt or some other part of appended claims.

the spreader. At its right hand end shaft T claim:-

2o 21 is equipped with a sprocket wheel 27, and i. A straw spreader, comprising a frame converging upwardly from the adjacent adapted to be supported upon a vehicle standard 19 and the adjacent side bar 3, bed, straw-spreadin means supported near respectively, are bars 28 and 29,th e same beone end of said rame, and an incline ing connected at their upper ends by pivot belt conveyer for lifting straw from the 25 pin 30, on which is mounted a flanged roller vehicle'and feeding the same to said spread- 31, and extending around said roller to a ing means.

sprocket wheel 32 mounted rigidly on shaft 2. A straw spreader, comprising a frame 13, is a chain 33, the bars 28 and 29 so supadapted to be supported upon-a vehicle bed, porting the roller 31 that the chain 33 is straw-spreading means supported near one held in mesh withthe sprocket wheel 27 so end of said frame, an endless-belt conveyer that the operation of the chain shall impart supported in an inclined position between rearward travel to the upper strand of the said spreading means and. the other end of elevator. the frame for feeding straw from the ve-,

To guard against any straw dropping hicle to the spreading means, and means for 35 down between bars 3 and 7- rearward of the driving the conveyer and spreading means wagon body, a plate-34 is secured to bar 7 from one of the vehicle wheels.

and extends from the sameto the stand- 3. The combination with a; vehicle, a

ards 19. frame projecting rearward from the vehicle,

As thewagon loaded with straw is drawn a shaft journaled on said frame, a vertical 40 across the field upon which the straw is to shaft geared to the first-named shaft, an arm be spread, motion 1s transmitted from one secured to the vertical shaft to rotate horiof the rear wheels of the wagon through zontally, means to drive the first-named chain 33 to sprocket wheel 16 and from the shaft, and a suitably driven inclined conlatter through the clutch mechanisms, to shaft veyer also supported on said frame for ele- 45 13. The operation of shaft 13, in the direcvating straw rearwardly in the vehicle and 1 tion indicated by the arrow, Fig. 2, imparts discharging it within the range of action of rotation through intermeshing wheels 12 and said rotary arm.

11 to shafts 8 carrying the fork-equipped 4. The combination with a vehicle, a. arms 9, so that the latter are revolved frame projecting rearward from the vehicle,

so rapidly in the direction indicated by the a shaft journaled on said frame, a vertical arrows Fig. 1. The operation of shaft 13 shaft geared to thefirst-named shaft, an also transmits power through chain 33 and arm secured to the vertical shaft to rotate sprocket wheel 27, to the endless elevator 22, horizontally, means to drive the first'named so that the straw falling or pitched upon shaft, an endless elevator carried by said '55 the same shall be fed to the rotary arms 9, frame and extending longitudinally within 130 continuously and in a substantially uniform the vehicle at its rear end, and means for quantity in order that said arms shall throw transmitting power from the first-name the straw rearwardly and laterally in opposhaft to said elevator to cause the latter to site directions for a considerable distance carry straw placed upon it to and discharge 60 and incidentally distribute it evenly and it into the range of action of said rotary arm.

thereby avoid the necessity of going over the 5. The combination with a vehicle, a

same ground twice in the straw spreading frame projecting rearward from the vehicle,

operation. The action of the arms 9 is so a shaft ournaled on said frame, a vertical rapid that either the upper or lower set will shaft geared to the first-named shaft, an

5 catch and throw almost every bit of the arm secured to the vertical shaft to rotate' 15c v shafts journaled in roeaeao horizontally, means to drive the first-nan1ed slaft, an endless elevator carried by said Frame and extending longitudinally Within e Yehicle at its rear en means for transe comb frame carried by and rear end of the vehicle a d male on said frame, an upright shaft journaled on the frame rearward of the geared at its I named shaft, an arm right shaft to rota 6. The combination With a vehicle, a zontal plane, an incline frame projecting rearwardly therefrom, a I transverse shaft journaled on said frame for elevating straw from rearward of the vehicle, a pair of vertical said frame at their lmger ends to the first named shaft, n t

estiniony whereof I afiix Witnesses HELEN (1- RODGERS, 

